Identity Crisis Experienced by Ben Day in Dark Places Novel

This research focused on the second main character named Ben Day in Gillian Flynn's Dark Places . There are two research questions formulated in this research: 1) How is the identity crisis of Ben Day depicted in Dark Places novel? 2) What are the causes of the identity crisis experienced by Ben Day in Dark Places novel? The research method used was descriptive qualitative. This data collection was based on a book entitled Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. In order to answer the objectives, the researcher used Erikson's fifth psychosocial development stages theory and Marcia's identity status theory to support and analyze the data. These are the findings of this research: 1) The researcher found that some of Ben's characterizations are suitable with identity crisis characteristics. The identity crisis shown by Ben was irritable, self-hating, self-hurting, feeling useless. 2) The causes of Ben's identity crisis were divorced parents, bullying, uncomfortable home surrounding, and beginning new relationships.